History Quiz

[USViking]

Yeah, that clued me in.

Which American 5-star general did NOT graduate from West Point? (Bonus: where did he graduate from?)

George Marshall, VMI

 

[5stringJeff]

George Marshall, VMI

Good job!

 

[Said1]

Brainiacs.

 

[USViking]

WW2 Four Star General who started at VMI, transfered to West Point.

 

[IControlThePast]

WW2 Four Star General who started at VMI, transfered to West Point.

That sounds like Patton

 

[USViking]

That sounds like Patton

Patton is correct.

 

[IControlThePast]

He was the Grand Inquisitor

 

[USViking]

He (Who?-USV) was the Grand Inquisitor

Wasn't he a character in a Dostoevsky work?

In history it would have been a title in the hierarchy of the Inquisition.

 

[Said1]

Wasn't he a character in a Dostoevsky work?

In history it would have been a title in the hierarchy of the Inquisition.

I was wondering that myself.

 

[USViking]

I was wondering that myself.

I googled "Dostoevsky-Grand Inquisitor", and it a scene from
The Brothers Karamazov

That should be good enough.

Why don't you take the question?- I'm tiring early tonite.

 

[Said1]

I googled "Dostoevsky-Grand Inquisitor", and it a scene from
The Brothers Karamazov

That should be good enough.

Why don't you take the question?- I'm tiring early tonite.

Sure.

Which pilot shot down the Red Baron?

 

[Annie]

Sure.

Which pilot shot down the Red Baron?

Snoopy?

 

[Said1]

Snoopy?

Awww, so close! Bugs Bunny.

 

[Annie]

Awww, so close! Bugs Bunny.

Do I detect sarcasm? :bat:

 

[Annie]

Sure.

Which pilot shot down the Red Baron?

I knew who the Red Baron was, this Canadian might be a bit obscure!
I think I found it, through google. If Marbles is around, perhaps he'd know.

 

[Said1]

Do I detect sarcasm? :bat:

You don't remember when Yosimite Sam was the Red Baron??

 

[USViking]

Snoopy? Bugs Bunny? Yosemite Sam?

Can't I turn my back on you two at ALL???

One BS apiece.

 

[Said1]

Snoopy? Bugs Bunny? Yosemite Sam?

Can't I turn my back on you two at ALL???

One BS apiece.

Pppphhhhttt. :blah2:

 

[Annie]

You don't remember when Yosimite Sam was the Red Baron??

Is this the guy?

http://www.briggsenterprises.com/bluemax/

On April 21, Richthofen followed the Sopwith Camel of Wilfred May far into British territory. The end of the war was only months off by this time, and the Germain air command faced both ever-improving British airplanes and their own dwindling numbers. The thrill of the hunt was all but gone for Baron von Richthofen, as most of his peers had already been killed and his own wounds agonized him. Though the German air doctrine he himself wrote stated that "one should never obstinately stay with an opponent which, through bad shooting or skillful turning, he has been unable to shoot down while the battle lasts until it is far on the other side", he chased his British quarry far deeper into enemy territory and far lower to the ground than his own doctrine permitted. May later said that it was only his erratic, untrained piloting which saved him. Richthofen followed the erratic path of the novice pilot until a single bullet, shot from behind him, passed diagonally through his chest. The shot is commonly believed to have come from Australian gunners on the ground, but might have also come from the guns of Canadian flier Arthur "Roy" Brown who was coming to May's aid. Manfred von Richthofen crashed into a field alongside the road from Corbie to Bray. His body was recovered by British forces, and he was buried with full military honors.

 

[USViking]

Pppphhhhttt. :blah2:

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